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  The 
  table, 
  and 
  particularly 
  the 
  diagram 
  plotted 
  from 
  it, 
  shows 
  a 
  

   consistent, 
  though 
  fluctuating, 
  increase 
  during 
  the 
  16 
  years 
  ended 
  in 
  

   1913 
  in 
  the 
  prices 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  separately 
  enumerated, 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  prices 
  of 
  fresh 
  fish 
  as 
  a 
  whole. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  that 
  

   period 
  all 
  prices 
  except 
  for 
  haddock 
  were 
  higher 
  than 
  ever, 
  although 
  

   for 
  1912 
  and 
  the 
  five 
  years 
  preceding 
  there 
  had 
  been 
  but 
  little 
  or 
  

   no 
  general 
  price 
  increase, 
  the 
  cod 
  alone 
  excepted. 
  In 
  1914, 
  however, 
  

   there 
  was 
  a 
  noteworthy 
  drop 
  in 
  the 
  price 
  of 
  cod, 
  which 
  was 
  reflected 
  

   in 
  the 
  average 
  price 
  for 
  all 
  fish, 
  while 
  haddock 
  and 
  hake 
  likewise 
  

   showed 
  a 
  decline. 
  

  

  To 
  determine 
  whether 
  the 
  recent 
  comparative 
  maintenance 
  of 
  

   prices 
  was 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  small 
  fishes 
  landed 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  Diagram 
  showing 
  average 
  prices 
  per 
  pound 
  received 
  by 
  fishermen 
  for 
  certain 
  fishes 
  landed 
  

  

  , 
  in 
  Boston. 
  

  

  steam 
  trawlers, 
  the 
  following 
  table 
  has 
  been 
  prepared. 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  

   explained, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  table 
  immediately 
  preceding 
  and 
  the 
  

   one 
  following, 
  except 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1914, 
  were 
  derived 
  from 
  two 
  sepa- 
  

   rate 
  sets 
  of 
  statistics 
  and 
  are, 
  therefore, 
  not 
  exactly 
  comparable, 
  but 
  

   each 
  by 
  itself 
  indicates 
  the 
  general 
  tendency 
  of 
  the 
  prices. 
  The 
  

   first 
  table 
  was 
  computed 
  from 
  the 
  statistical 
  bulletins 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  

   of 
  Fisheries, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  trade 
  sizes 
  of 
  cod, 
  haddock, 
  and 
  hake 
  were 
  

   not 
  available 
  prior 
  to 
  1914. 
  The 
  second 
  table 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  

   books 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  Fish 
  Exchange, 
  which 
  provided 
  data 
  

   regarding 
  the 
  sizes 
  as 
  far 
  back 
  as 
  1909 
  only. 
  

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